Sustainable Development in India: Challenges and Efforts made to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Today, in the era of globalization where all the countries are trying to get ahead of each other on the path of development and for this; all possible measures are being taken from industrialization to exploitation of natural resources. India is booming and sustainable development becomes increasingly more important. Sustainable development is commitment towards social progress accelerated economic growth and increased environmental conservation. The resolution of 'Transforming Our World': The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was accepted by 193 countries including India in September 2015. By adoption this agenda, the countries are moving forward for achieving a world free from poverty, gender inequality and economic inequality and thereby ensuring a healthy planet for future generations. India has been progressing rapidly towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Many programs already implemented to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, such as Clean India campaign, Digital India etc. However government is facing many challenges in path of sustainability such as poor state of infrastructures, social and regional imbalances, large share of global population & water and energy shortages. This paper is descriptive in nature based on secondary data focuses on the various challenges associated with sustainability & efforts made for sustainable development in India.